St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-27
explanation of Governor Pierce's

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''break."
When Hon. NJ. II. Day was here last week he
raised merry sheol with the cabinet officials.
He told them that he'd derned sight rather
see a Republican administration than a her
mophraditic mugwump administration. He
Democrats at once they were likely to be
turned out in the cold next year. Mr.. Day
voices the sentiments of the majority of the
Democratic party.
By the way. when Day was here he did not
want his presence to be known. He kept it
from all the newspaper men, but the day
after he went away one of his friends men-
toned his visit in the presence of a local re-
porter, and then the cat was out of the bag,
and the report flew out to Dakota. One
thing happened while Day was here that sur
prised his friends, and that was, he spoke so
well of Church. He said that Church was one
of the best governors the territory ever had.
He is very complimentary, indeed, when
Church is mentioned.
Now what has the Grand Forks Her
aid editor to say for his ''useful in1Or-
nation" distilled in broken doses for
his Dakota readers. Did this editor fail
to get the office from Gov Church he
wanted, and for which he made appli-
cation?
GOV. PIERCE AGAIN.
/ thought l had done with ex-Gov.
Pierce in my letter last week, but it
seems nOt-fOr | can't refrain from Civ
ing him another little dig this week, it
is so amusing to see him squirm. 1t ap-
pears that the governor lays almost
everything that appears in the Dakota
GLOBE to the authorship of Gov.
Church. He further charges that the
territorial government is run at an extra
expense of several thousand dollars per
year, for the purpose of allowing its
officials time to edit two or three papers
that trouble Gov. Pierce, and
don't allow him to rest easy.
And he goes so far as to
claim that Gov. Church's administration
is responsible for the cartoons that APP
pear in the GLOBE. Now, Gov. Pierce,
this is the unkindest cut of all! Aint
you getting little bit simple in your
old age, Governor? What you dub a
''Staff contributor Governor, is nothing
more than
STAFF CONTRIBUTOR OF THE GLOBE,
and the GLOBE, you know, Is news
paper; and newspapers are not engaged
just yet in running any territorial gov
ernmentS, even if you do think so. As
a staff contributor, propose to give the
news that may find in my travels over
Dakota, and give it publicity, regardless
of party and men, as it should be re-
ported for paper. AS for Gov. Pierce's
wild assertions that Gov. Church is ed
iting the GLOBE he certainly will be
ashamed of himself when he fully real
ICES what a ridiculous position he has
placed himself.
THAT QUESTION AGAIN.
Two weeks ago / asked "GOvernOr"
Pierce very pointed question, and
surely expected that last week he would
answer it; but it seems that he does not
deign to do so. The question was sub
stantially: t"GOv. Pierce, why did
one of the territorial institutions under
your administration, in their bi-annual
report to you, have two editions printed
one at Bismarck (under your direction
| suppose), and one at the town where
the institution was lOcated?" May
further ask. if this was the way in which
the territorial boards under you COM
monty transacted their business, and if
it is on this account that you have nbt
give you one more chance to make reply
to this charge, and then, if satisfactory
explanation is not made by you, / will
proceed to tell what / know about the
matter.
THE QUESTION OF DIVISION.
The editor of the Dakota department
OF the MlnneapOllS 1rlDune must i've
near Huron-or at least he has beenim
pregnated with the Huron idea, of two
states and the capitol at Huron. 1t may
be that he is acquainted with Gen.
Campbell-now of statehood" fame,
formerly 'carpet bag" fame In Louisi-
ana-fOr, at any rate, he is rank di-
visioniSt. i see that the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader accuses him of being none
other than the editor of ex-Auditor Cald-
wells paper, the Sioux Falls Press-Mr.
Johnson, who was formerly Gov. Ord
ways private secretary in the territory.
However these things may be, that
editor is devOting good share ofhis
time to the discussion of the question of
division. He recalls all the old argu-
ments and finally sums them up with
the statement that as North and South
Dakota do not agree together very we'll
in a territory they
WOULDN'T AGREE IN A STATE,
and for this reason Dakota ought to be
admitted as two states. Now, while 1
will not discuss this question here, for
the GLOBE and the territorial papers
have discussed it quite thoroughly. :